A Study of Fractality and Long-Range Order in the Distribution of Transposable Elements in Eukaryotic Genomes Using the Scaling Properties of Block Entropy and Box-Counting

A Study of Fractality and Long-Range Order in the Distribution of Transposable Elements in Eukaryotic Genomes Using the Scaling Properties of Block Entropy and Box-Counting

Repeats or Transposable Elements (TEs) are highly repeated sequence stretches, present in virtually all eukaryotic genomes. We explore the distribution of representative TEs from all major classes in entire chromosomes across various organisms. We employ two complementary approaches, the scaling of...

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Main Authors: Labrini Athanasopoulou, Diamantis Sellis, Yannis Almirantis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-03-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
fractality
block-entropy
Shannon entropy
entropic scaling
box-counting
power-law distribution
genome evolution
transposable elements
eukaryotic genome
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/4/1860

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